The final exhibition of our Silver Jubilee year. The gallery is open daily from 10am – 4pm until Saturday 3rd December, so do make a time to come and see us. There is an abundant array of unique and gorgeous work. Parking is plentiful, refreshments are available and the view is a treat in itself.…
DetailsThe final exhibition in our Silver Jubilee year is almost upon us. Opening this Saturday 19th November, the stage is set for a large, rich and vibrant show of original contemporary art and craft by artists linked with Africa. A wide array of media, size, style, subject and price ensure there is plenty to suit…
DetailsAs our magnificent autumn draws to a close, the Sycamore in our car park has shed her red dress and is now just a rush of falling yellow leaves, creating a pool of molten gold at her feet. Which brings to mind the gleaming gold leaf bowls we have in for the first time by…
DetailsAfrica is synonymous with drought but how may associate the Cape with this affliction? Being of Mediterranean climate this region relies on winter rainfall to fill its dams. This year it looks as if it has fallen short – again. But the locals are pragmatic. When I last visited top Cape artist and ceramicist Helen…
DetailsBefore we launch our next exhibition we must deal with the season of abundance upon us, and it’s a bumper year at our Fillingdon Gallery garden. First up on the homemade stakes have been pots of pine-nutty pesto whizzed up in the blender from a lush crop of lurid green basil grown in the greenhouse,…
DetailsLast month we were invited to partake in the Art4Africa fair in Bedfordshire, raising money for Rise Africa, a charity dedicated to the education of orphans in Tanzania. This week we were delighted to pay the charity £1,200.00 which will provide three youngsters with schooling for a year. Overall the event raised in excess of…
DetailsOpen daily 10am – 4pm at Fillingdon Farm (on A40), Piddington, Bucks HP14 3BL A wide range of unique contemporary paintings, sculpture (including outdoor pieces), ceramics (featuring large garden pots), jewellery and craft. Parking is plentiful, entry is free and refreshments are available. Donations to the charity Farm Africa are welcome.
DetailsOur latest consignment from Africa to UK consisted of 289 fragile works of art weighing over 680kgs in nineteen large boxes – and there was not a single item broken. What a fantastic result. Everyone involved takes such care and it is worth spelling out the invaluable assistance we receive from Johannesburg. They use the…
DetailsOut walking our dog recently on a gorgeous sunlit late spring evening, I took this photograph from the top of our field across the Chiltern Hills. The words of the Beatles song kept lilting through my mind as I gazed upon the distant road winding its way through the green fields of wheat. And I…
DetailsFillingdon Fine Art is proud to be supporting Rise Africa UK at the Art 4 Africa art fair in Bedfordshire from 16th – 19th June 2016. Rise Africa UK is a UK registered charity (Charity Registration Number: 1148744) committed to making a significant difference to the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the Moshono…
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